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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
About
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- Warneford Hospital
- Warneford Lane
- Headington
- Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7JX
- Contact Number
- 01865 901000
Emergency Nurse Assistant - Abingdon
Closed for applications on: 13-Feb-2026 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-Feb-2026 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- Abingdon Minor Injury Unit
- Address
- Abingdon Community Hospital, Marcham Road
- Town
- Abingdon
- Postcode
- OX14 1AG
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (a mixture of days and weekends)
Salary
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Community Health Services
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Please note that this is an internal only role and therefore only current employees of Oxford Health are eligible to apply.
Are you looking to make a difference to patients on a daily basis whilst working in a supportive and friendly team?
This is a secondment opportunity for 1 year.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to clinically support our Emergency Practitioners in managing the day to day injuries presenting to the Minor Injury Unit.
The post will be based in Abingdon, however the role will require you to have the ability to travel to other Minor Injury Units sites if required.
You will have an induction period where you will have the opportunity to learn about the role and also have the opportunity to see how our other areas work.
Please note: Due to the structure of the interviews for this role these will be offered in a face to face capacity only.
Advert
Working as an Emergency Nurse Assistant you will be involved in the assessment and treatment of patients in Minor Injuries. Working alongside our Nurse and Paramedic Practitioners you will be a key member of the team, ensuring excellent clinical care is delivered to all patients, reducing waiting times across the bases, and developing your own clinical experience and competence. Duties will include welcoming patients, triage assessment, use of Clinical computer systems, booking outpatient appointments, wound care, dressings, plastering.
The role will include working weekdays/evenings, weekends, and bank holidays and it will be expected that flexibility to work in other bases when required will be a component of the role.
To assist in the shortlisting process please include your current clinical experience/skills in your supporting evidence on your application form.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
What we need from you!
- A keen interest in new and upcoming technologies within Nursing and Healthcare
- Be self-motivated and able to work autonomously as well as showing initiative and promoting new ideas on how to improve the service
- Be compassionate, caring and creative with excellent communication skills
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
- All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
- Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
- We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
- Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
- We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
- We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent previous experience
Desirable criteria
- First Aid Course
- Basic life support
- UK Driving Licence and access to a car
Professional Practice
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a health care setting
- Basic literacy and numeracy
- Basic Nursing skills
- Basic IT literacy
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a Minor Injuries/Emergency Department/General practice setting
- Knowledge of wound care management
- Experience of ordering stores and maintaining equipment
- Customer Care experience
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Flexible and adaptable
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Committed to personal growth
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rachel Caira
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07551106367
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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